Map to BungendoreOn Monday, Val and I headed off down to Eden. My daughter had been talking to us over the weekend, about this former whaling town. So we decided to go and have a look and check out other places of interest on the way.

After some discussion on the best way too go, I relented and let the MOTH (man of the house) have his way, which of course turned out to be the long way, but there you go.

The first place of interest is the village of Bungendore which is only a thirty minute drive from Canberra.

The area was once occupied by the Ngarigu people and the first Europeans to visit the area are believed to have been part of team of exploratory team of Charles Throsby. Although Throsby is not as well known as other Australian explorers he was influential in opening up the country beyond the Blue Mountains.

A stock station was set up by Captain Richard Brooks set Turallo Creek in 1824 and the Bungendore village was established around 1835. The town began receiving mail in 1836 when it was included in the Queanbyan mail route. Bungendore was proclaimed as a townsite in 1837 and in 1838 a jail lock-up and the Harp Inn were built, two factors that cement the establishement of Australian towns.

There are a number of specialty shops such as craft and antiques, and quaint old stone, brick and timber buildings. Bungendore is a crossroads which links Goulburn, Braidwood, Queanbeyan, Canberra and Cooma. It is located 701 m above sea-level in a beautiful valley near Lake George.

So if you are driving through the area make sure you stop for coffee and good look around. Bungendore is 265 km south-west of Sydney and 26 km north-east of Queanbeyan.

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